Major water project to benefit 13 villages
Thirteen villages in Masasi and Nachingwea districts are expected to benefit from Mbwinji water project, whose construction contract was signed recently.
Construction of the Mbwinji water project would cost Sh31.2 billion and would have the capacity to produce water for residents of the two districts.
The minister for Water and Irrigation, Prof Mark Mwandosya, said here that the purpose of the project was to increase the provision of water services and renovation of water infrastructure in Nachingwea and Masasi.
Prof Mwandosya urged residents of the two districts to safeguard the project as it was intended to serve them.
“People should realise that this project is meant to benefit them… They should therefore protect it by all means,” said Prof Mwandosya.
He urged communities in the two districts to start establishing special water-user groups, which would be charged with the responsibility of managing the project at the community level.
The minister added that everyone had a responsibility of making sure that the environment around the water source was not polluted.
“If we destroy the environment around the water source, there is a probability that the project will collapse after only a short period of time,” he insisted.
He urged Synohydro Corporation Limited, the project contractor, to finish the work on time.
Source the Citizen